Prop 8 Ruling Roundup II

Chuck Donovan / September 15, 2010

In the wake of Judge Vaughn Walker’s decision last month in Perry v. Schwarzenegger striking down the California constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, legal scholars and analysts continue to weigh in on the ruling.

The decision has now been stayed by a panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. A briefing schedule has been set up, and the appeal, including arguments over issues of legal standing for Prop 8’s proponents, is scheduled for hearing this December. Meanwhile, authorities on various sides of the policy debate over same-sex marriage continue to find fault with Walker’s reasoning or result.

Charles Krauthammer, syndicated columnist, wrote in The Philadelphia Inquirer: (more…)